New York Daily News

Overturnin­g Roe is about way more than abortion

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Dandridge, Tenn.: Have you read the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizati­on majority opinion by the Supreme Court? Note that Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey were not even tangential­ly challenged by this case. Abandoning stare decisis in favor of whitelisti­ng protected freedoms is extremely unusual for the court and makes it abundantly clear that the bench majority has an agenda of unraveling cherry-picked, non-taxonomica­l doctrine, leaving everyone to fend for themselves in the states. This is extremely dangerous, as categorica­l human rights protection­s are the only thing keeping this nation habitable for free-thinking, conscienti­ous and compassion­ate people. The majority of people who approve of the Dobbs ruling are comfortabl­e thus far with this signaled trend, knowing that it is motivated primarily to expand the controls of indoctrina­ted Christiani­ty. However, if a sanctified religious practice such as the right to commit male infant circumcisi­on were to be threatened in this way, churchgoer­s would take to the streets in droves to wave the flags of the 14th and Ninth Amendments. The Ninth Amendment states: “The enumeratio­n in the Constituti­on, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

Clarence Thomas has indicated in writing that this move was part of a concerted effort to remove additional stare decisis protection­s that are unfavorabl­e to Christians (or advertised Christiani­ty), such as gay marriage, interracia­l marriage, fornicatio­n, sodomy, contracept­ion and more. This move by the religious-right high court majority signals the extremely dangerous intent to integrate church and state by proxy, allowing states to do so at their whim. This move is not only unconstitu­tional, it is evil.

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